When looking for the best Athens food tour, I avoided big corporate food tour companies and instead searched for a small, local company with stellar reviews covering food quality and enthusiastic guides. I ended up on the Ultimate Food Tasting Tour of Athens with Athens Food on Foot, and I loved it. Without spoiling too much, here are some details I learned on the tour, my favorite Greek dishes, and why it’s still worth taking the tour instead of just reading about it.

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Edinburgh has plenty of great breakfast and brunch cafes in the city center. However, several of the best establishments are on the outskirts of the city, places that use locally sourced products, change their menus regularly, and are well connected to public transportation. Here’s my list of the best brunch cafes near Edinburgh where the locals love to eat.

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When I first visited Argentina in 2022, it was almost impossible to find a perfect cup of third-wave coffee, let alone a cafe that served healthy omelettes and had high-speed Wi-Fi. When I revisited in 2025 to exchange vows with Vanesa, the scene had changed completely. Here’s how to find the best third-wave coffee cafes in Argentina, along with my favorite cafes across key cities.

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John o’Groats and Dunnet Head are the northernmost points of mainland Great Britain, and two key spots to visit on Scotland’s North Coast 500 road trip. The NC500, as it’s colloquially known, is my favorite road trip on the planet, both giving and receiving, and the northeast segment of the trip boasts some of the best highlights.

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